Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

IBU

  • 16-11-2010 1:58pm
    #1
    Sharkey 10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 552 ✭✭✭


    Im trying to find the ibu for some different beers online but cant find them on there own sites or after a google search.
    Is there anyone site that keeps this info? Are ibu measurements reliable?
    Tagged:


Comments

  • #2
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,975 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Sharkey 10 wrote: »
    Is there anyone site that keeps this info?
    Where they're published, chances are RateBeer or the like will have them listed. But nobody goes around testing the IBUs of beers they didn't make.
    Sharkey 10 wrote: »
    Are ibu measurements reliable?
    They are when they're measured in a lab, but they almost never are. Most breweries and brewing software run a calculation based on the amount of hops, the strength of the hops and the boil time, to produce "theoretical IBUs". These have been shown in tests to be a huge exaggeration of the lab-tested figure. Some beers claim IBUs in excess of 100, even though humans can't actually taste this high.

    IBUs, IMO, are just another marketing gimmick for number-chasing beer obsessives. They tell you very little about the beer.

    My beer blog | The Twitter | My other beer blog



  • #3
    guildofevil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 552 ✭✭✭guildofevil


    IBU's are a useful figure for the brewer, aiding in recipe design and allowing him/her to adjust the amount of hops used to compensate for seasonal variation in hop bittering.

    The IBU figure is a measure (or guestimate, as TheBeerNut correctly pointed out) of the amount of hop derived bittering compounds in a beer. The figure does not measure the perceived bitterness, of a beer, as other factors also influence that perception, making the beer seem more or less bitter to the taste.


Advertisement